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@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: mkpatches.1,v 1.3 2005/12/13 12:05:08 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mkpatches.1,v 1.4 2011/02/02 10:23:02 wiz Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2000 by Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2011 by Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>
.\" All Rights Reserved. Absolutely no warranty.
.\"
-.Dd June 25, 2000
+.Dd January 31, 2011
.Dt MKPATCHES 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
.Nd create patch files appropriate for pkgsrc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl d Ar output-directory
+.Oo Fl c | Fl r Oc
+.Op Fl hv
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a perl script that simplifies creating patches from a changed work
@@ -31,12 +32,29 @@ changed file of the same name (with no
extension) using
.Xr pkgdiff 1 .
.Pp
-The resulting patches are saved in the directory
-.Pa ${WRKDIR}/.newpatches
-or the directory specified after
-.Fl d ,
+The resulting patches are saved in the package's patches directory
+(usually
+.Pa patches/ )
and can be easily compared to the currently existing set using
-.Xr patchdiff 1 .
+.Xr patchdiff 1
+or
+.Ic "cvs diff" .
+.Pp
+Supported options are:
+.Bl -tag -width 3n
+.It Fl c
+Clean up backup patches of previous runs.
+Use this after you're finished working on the patch set and committed
+it.
+.It Fl h
+Show a short usage.
+.It Fl r
+Revert the changes.
+Removes the new patches and puts the original patches back.
+.It Fl v
+More verbose output.
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr cvs 1 ,
.Xr patchdiff 1 ,
.Xr pkgdiff 1